Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning @Critical Software

23 Novembro 2018, 14:30 • Catia Luisa Santana Calisto Pesquita

Data Science Seminars@Ciências: Paulo Gomes (Head of AI and ML, Critical Software)
Title: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning @Critical Software


Abstract: A área de Inteligência Artificial tem tido um destaque bastante
grande hoje em dia, sendo uma das áreas mais promissoras em termos de
futuro. As grandes empresas como: a IBM, a Google, o Facebook, a
Microsoft e a Amazon, têm feito um grande investimento na área e estão a
tirar dividendos disso. A Critical Software como empresa inovadora
também está a apostar na área e tem já uma equipa com bastante
experiência na área, desenvolvendo vários projetos onde o valor
acrescentado é a IA. Nesta apresentação vão ser apresentadas as várias
áreas da IA onde a Critical atua, bem como a apresentação de
vários projetos que estão a ser desenvolvidos na Critical Software.

Bio:
Paulo Gomes has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). He now is responsible for the AI&ML area of Critical Software, where he is creating synergies with the projects and areas that Critical Software develops. A professional path that started in the University of Coimbra in 1996 where he was an Assistant Professor and Researcher until December 2015. Finished his PhD in 2004 in the AI area, and since then coordinated more than 30 industry projects within the University scope. Parallel to the academic career, he was the founder of three companies: Datastream in 1999, a company that did Data Mining (DM) and ML projects, where he was CFO and business manager; AKTWise in 2008, a company that worked in the area of Software Reuse using AI, where he was CEO; and Wizdee in 2009, a company that created a Natural Language Search Engine for Analytics using AI and ML, he was CEO and raised 1,5M€ in venture capital, the company was later acquired in 2017. He has coordinated more than 20 projects in the DM and ML area, with extensive experience in being project and technical manager. At a research level he has done research work on the AI and ML, with more than 120 peer- reviewed research articles published in International conferences and journals on areas such as Semantic Web, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Text Mining and Machine Learning. There is a complete list available at https://www.cisuc.uc.pt/people/show/118. Participated in more than 20 program committees of Interna- tional conferences and workshops. Lectured several courses in the PhD program and Masters in Informatics Engineering of the Department of Informatics Engineering of the University of Coimbra, from which it is highlighted: Business Intelligence (MSc, the Machine Learning part); Advanced Topics on Artificial Intelligence (PhD, the modules of: Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning; Intelligent Systems for Knowledge Management; Ontologies; and Semantic Web); Intelligent Systems for Knowledge Management (MSc); Semantic Web (MSc); and Artificial Intelligence (MSc).